Legal Opinion

Ball v. Rio Grande Canal Co.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided October 17, 1923No. 7002. [fn*]PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Cameron County; W. B. Hopkins, Judge. Action by the Rio Grande Canal Company and others against Thos. H. Ball and another. Judgment for plaintiffs. Defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

This suit was instituted by Rio Grande Canal Company, appellee, a Texas corporation, engaged in the business of furnishing water for irrigation purposes, seeking to recover of John T. Lomax the sum of $1,994.52 with 10 per cent. interest per annum from January 1, 1922, and 10 per cent. attorney's fees, based on a flat rate water charge under a prior written contract, for the year 1922, on 1,520 acres of land in Cameron county owned by John Lomas on January 1, 1922, and seeking foreclosure of the contract lien here provided for, in the written contract, on 1,448.46 acres of land embraced in…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. W. L. Moody & Co. v. RowlandTexas Supreme Court · 1907
  2. Harris v. MastersonTexas Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Fears v. AlbeaTexas Supreme Court · 1887
  4. McLean & Curry v. EllisTexas Supreme Court · 1891
  5. West v. GiesenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. United States v. FloreaDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1945
  2. Clear Lake Apartments, Inc. v. Clear Lake Utilities Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1976
  3. Fitzstephens v. WATSONOregon Supreme Court · 1959
  4. Ebbe v. Senior Estates Golf and Country ClubCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1983
  5. Cortella v. Salt Lake CityUtah Supreme Court · 1937

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